1、考研英语（一）模拟试卷 109（无答案）一、Section I Use of EnglishDirections: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D. (10 points) 1 Valentines Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. (1)_ the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called (2)_
2、 the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his (3)_ was held February 15th. On the eve of the festival the (4)_ of the girls were written on (5)_ paper and placed in jars. Each young man (6)_ a slip. The girl whose name was (7)_ was to be his sweetheart for the year.Legend (8)_ it that the holida
3、y became Valentines Day (9)_ a roman priest named Valentine. Emperor Claudius II (10)_ the Roman soldiers not to marry or become engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would (11)_ stay home than fight. When Valentine (12)_ the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on F
4、ebruary 14th, the (13)_ of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a (14)_. Christian priests moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14thValentines Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine (15)_ of Lupercus.Valentines Day has become a major (16)_ of love and romance in the modem world. The ancien
5、t god Cupid and his (17)_ into a lovers heart may still be used to (18)_ falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this. (19)_ to give flower to a wife or sweetheart on Valentines Day can sometimes be as (20)_ as forgetting a birthday or a w
6、edding anniversary.（A）While（B） when（C） Though（D）Unless（A）upon（B） back（C） off（D）away（A）honor（B） belief（C） hand（D）way（A）problems（B） secrets（C） names（D）intentions（A）rolls（B） piles（C） works（D）slips（A）cast（B） caught（C） drew（D）found（A）given（B） chosen（C） elected（D）delivered（A）tells（B） means（C） makes（D）has（
7、A）after（B） since（C） as（D）from（A）ordered（B） pleaded（C） envisioned（D）believed（A）other（B） simply（C） rather（D）all（A）disliked（B） defied（C） defeated（D）dishonored（A）celebration（B） arrangement（C） feast（D）eve（A）goat（B） saint（C） model（D）weapon（A）because（B） made（C） instead（D）learnt（A）part（B） representative（C）
8、judgment（D）symbol（A）story（B） wander（C） arrow（D）play（A）portray（B） require（C） demand（D）alert（A）Keeping（B） Disapproving（C） Supporting（D）Forgetting（A）constructive（B） damaging（C） reinforcing（D）retortingGrammar21 The speed of communications today, as opposed to_, has greatly altered the manner in which bu
9、siness is conducted.（A）one of yesterday（B） those of yesterday（C） that of yesterday（D）the ones of yesterday22 The chief reason for the population growth isnt so much a rise in birth rates_a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care.（A）and（B） as（C） but（D）or23 Doing your homework
10、is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true_ it comes to classroom tests.（A）after（B） as（C） when（D）before24 This article deals with the natural_which is most interesting to everyone.（A）phenomenon（B） phenomena（C） phenomenons（D）phenomenas25 Whats the chance of_a general elect
11、ion this year?（A）there being（B） there to be（C） there be（D）there going to be26 They moved to Portland in 1998 and lived in a big house, _to the south.（A）the windows of which opened（B） the windows of it opened（C） its windows opened（D）the windows of which opening27 If at some point they do import Chris
12、tianity, it is _ that it will be absorbed and adapted _ strengthen the continuing core of Chinese culture.（A）more than likely. in such a manner as to（B） more likely than . in such a manner so as to（C） likely more than. in a manner so as to（D）more likely . to such a manner as28 She never laughed, _lo
13、se her temper.（A）or she ever did（B） nor did she ever（C） or did she ever（D）nor she ever did29 This is_bag for me to carry.（A）a too heavy（B） too a heavy（C） too heavy a（D）too heavy30 Our association, which has consistently pressed for greater employment opportunities for the disabled , will publish_pro
14、posals in the near future.（A）their（B） our（C） his（D）itsPart ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)30 You are going to read a list of headings and a text about the law-making process of the United States.Choose a heading f
15、rom the list AG that best fits the meaning of each numbered part of the text(1 5). The first and last paragraphs of the text are not numbered. There are two extra headings which you do not need to use.ACongressional Debate and VoteBVeto over Legislation of BillsCCommittee ConsiderationDCounteracting
16、 a Presidential VetoEPassage in Both ChambersFIntroduction of BillsGFunctions of the Joint CommitteeThe U. S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation. The process by which a proposed bill becomes a law can be very complex and take years.【R1】 _Bills may originate in either the H
17、ouse of Representatives or the Senate, except that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House of Representatives. Only Senators and Representatives(also known as Members of Congress)can introduce a bill in their respective chamber. When bills are introduced, they are given a bill numb
18、er. The numbering system starts over with each session of Congress, and bill numbers run in chronological order according to when the bill is introduced. Bills in the House of Representatives are given the initial H. R. and Senate Bills are given the initial S. Thus, H. R. 1, would be the first bill
19、 introduced in a new session of Congress or the House of Representatives(a session of Congress lasts for two years).【R2】 _After a bill is introduced, it is assigned to one or more committees in the chamber where it was introduced. A committee can amend, rewrite, recommend, or ignore the bill or repo
20、rt back to the full chamber with no recommendation. Committees typically also submit a report explaining their views of the bill when sending a bill to the full House or Senate.【R3】 _Once the bill moves to the “floor“ of either the House of Representatives or the Senate(again depending on where the
21、bill was introduced), the entire chamber debates and may amend the bill. It then takes an open vote on the bill. For noncontroversial votes, the chamber will take a voice vote, but if any legislator asks for a roll call, then each members vote is made separately and publicly.【R4】 _If the bill passes
22、 the first chamber, it is sent to the other chamber where the process described above is repeated. If the bill is amended in the second chamber, it must be sent back to the first Chamber because both chambers must agree on the amendments. If the two chambers cannot immediately agree on how to pass i
23、dentical legislation, the bill will be sent to a joint committee(comprised of both House of Representatives and Senate members), which will attempt to work out a compromise among the different versions of the bill. If the joint committee is successful, the bill will be returned to both chambers for
24、a vote.【R5】 _Once an identical bill passes both the House and the Senate, it is sent to the President who can do the following:(1)sign it and thus make it a law;(2)do nothing and after 10 days, if Congress stays in session, it becomes law;(3)do nothing and if Congress adjourns within 10 days, it doe
25、s not become laws or(4)reject the bill by vetoing it and the bill will not become law unless the veto is overturned by Congress. Congress may overturn the Presidents veto by approving the bill again with at least a two-thirds majority vote in both the House and the Senate. The bill then becomes a la
26、w despite the Presidents veto.The state legislatures act in much the same way, although the process for enacting a bill within the legislatures is often more streamlined. Every state legislature, except Nebraskas, has two chambers. Most governors have veto power over state legislation, analogous to
27、the veto power of the President.31 【R1 】32 【R2 】33 【R3 】34 【R4 】35 【R5 】35 About HollywoodMore than 41 million Americans tuned in on March 7th to watch “The Hurt Locker“ win the award for best picture at the Oscars, the annual ritual of glitz that reminds the world that Hollywood is the global centr
28、e of the film and entertainment industry. “The Hurt Locker“, however, was filmed in Jordan, not Hollywood.California has been worrying about “runaway production“ since 1998, when Canada began luring producers and their crews away from Los Angeles with tax breaks. Other places followed, and all but s
29、even American states and territories and 24 other countries now offer, or are preparing to offer, rebates , grants or tax credits that cut the cost of shooting a movie. These incentives have become a huge factor in choosing where to shoot a film. Hollywood types are used to going on location, says A
30、my Lemisch, the director of the California Film Commission, a state body that tries to retain film production. These days, she says, producers first compare the incentives offered by the different locations and only then look at their scripts to see which of the places on the shortlist make sense. C
31、alifornias world share of studio films dropped from 66% in 2003 to 34% in 2008, she estimates, and has fallen further since then.The decline in movie-shooting would have been even faster if California had not, last July, also got into the game of giving out incentives. Ten feature films which would
32、otherwise have been made outside the state were filmed in Los Angeles in the second half of 2009 purely because of this financial aid. But Californias incentives are relatively modest, says Ms Lemisch, and are set to expire in 2014. Even with its film schools and armies of cameramen and extras, ther
33、efore, Hollywood is not quite as unshakable as it once thought. The business of film-making may split, says Ms Lemisch, with the lawyers, agents and other suits staying in their Brentwood and Bel Air villas, and the crews decamping. Every time a film is shot in another state, moreover, the locals pi
34、ck up skills that make subsequent shoots easier. In a sign of how desperate Los Angeles is becoming, the city is now considering offering its most treasured resource to crew members at no charge: parking places.36 “The Hurt Locker“ was not shot in Hollywood, but in_.37 Most American states and 24 ot
35、her countries are trying to cut the cost of_.38 Before looking at their scripts film producers now first_of different locations.39 Ten feature films were filmed in Los Angeles owing to the_offered by California.40 To retain film production, Los Angeles may offer crew members free_.41 European farm m
36、inisters have ended three weeks of negotiations with a deal which they claim represents genuine reform of the common agricultural policy (CAP). Will it be enough to kick off the Doha world trade negotiations?On the face of it, the deal agreed in the early hours of Thursday June 26th looks promising.
37、 Most subsidies linked to specific farm products are, at last, to be brokenthe idea is to replace these with a direct payment to farmers, unconnected to particular products. Support prices for several key products, including milk and butter, are to be cutthat should mean European prices eventually f
38、alling towards the world market level. Cutting the link between subsidy and production was the main objective of proposals put forward by Mr. Fischler, which had formed the starting point for the negotiations.The CAP is hugely unpopular around the world. It subsidizes European farmers to such an ext
39、ent that they can undercut farmers from poor countries, who also face trade barriers that largely exclude them from the potentially lucrative European market. Farm trade is also a key feature of the Doha round of trade talks, launched under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Novem
40、ber 2001. Developing countries have lined up alongside a number of industrial countries to demand an end to the massive subsidies Europe pays its farmers. Several Doha deadlines have already been missed because of the EUs intransigence, and the survival of the talks will be at risk if no progress is
41、 made by September, when the worlds trade ministers meet in Cancun, Mexico.But now even the French seem to have gone along with the deal hammered out in Luxembourg. Up to a point, anyway. The package of measures gives the green light for the most eager reformers to move fast to implement the changes
42、 within their own countries. But there is an escape clause of sorts for the French and other reform-averse nations. They can delay implementation for up to two years. There is also a suggestion that the reforms might not apply where there is a chance that they would lead to a reduction in land under
43、 cultivation.These let-outs are potentially damaging for Europes negotiators in the Doha round. They could significantly reduce the cost savings that the reforms might otherwise generate and, in turn, keep European expenditure on farm support unacceptably high by world standards. Mote generally, the
44、 escape clauses could undermine the reforms by encouraging the suspicion that the new package will not deliver the changes that its supporters claim Close analysis of what is inevitably a very complicated package might confirm the sceptics fears.41 The deal agreed on Thursday looks promising in that
45、 _.（A）European farm ministers finally reached a consensus.（B） the link between farm products and subsidies is removed.（C） farmers would definitely accept the direct payment to them.（D）European farm products will reach a lower price level than the world.42 It can be inferred from the third paragraph
46、that _.（A）farmers from poor countries were put at a disadvantage by CAP.（B） the deal will be a key subject of debate in Doha round of trade talks.（C） the deal was probably a result of pressure from other countries.（D）the worlds trade ministers will resist the new deal reached recently.43 In what cas
47、e might the escape clauses apply in reform-averse nations?（A）Farmers lose their interest in farming.（B） Reforms have to be delayed for up to two years.（C） Implementation of the measures goes too eagerly.（D）The measures damage the reformers confidence.44 The new package of measures is inevitably a co
48、mplicated one due to _.（A）Europes negotiators loss of confidence.（B） European expenditure on farm support.（C） escape clauses for some European countries.（D）suspicion of the new package.45 What is the passage mainly about?（A）A promising new deal.（B） Doha world trade negotiations.（C） Worlds anger agai
49、nst Europe.（D）Doomed reforms of CAP.46 The Inland Revenue on Thursday accused the British film industry of abusing government aid, with every production of recent years deliberately over-claiming tax relief.Revenue officials called in about 20 members of the film industry and warned them of severe consequences if the “exploitation“ of ta
